Disappointed Veteran
@kerryskye.bsky.social
Desert Storm veteran. #NeverTrump. Former GOP, now of no party. Loves nature, reading, travel, music, and the truth.
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The question isn't whether an evil man will be evil. It's what good people will do in the face of it. TOO MANY people still want to overlook the obvious. They find all kinds of ways to explain why he's not really evil. They are the problem.
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The question isn't whether an evil man will be evil. It's what good people will do in the face of it. TOO MANY people still want to overlook the obvious. They find all kinds of ways to explain why he's not really evil. They are the problem.
Always projection. Always.
Well well well. Looks like they were correct. They just lied about who it was.
February 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Always projection. Always.
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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There's been a lot of discussion about the echoes of the civil rights movement in the protests today, with people obviously drawing comparisons between the strategies, tactics and coalitions that were vital then and are still vital now.
But this post has me thinking about a different echo ...
But this post has me thinking about a different echo ...
I suspect right now Stephen Miller and the other nazis are meeting to discuss how a place not as “nice" or "peaceful” as Minnesota will provide better oxygen for their lies and goals of martial law.
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM
There's been a lot of discussion about the echoes of the civil rights movement in the protests today, with people obviously drawing comparisons between the strategies, tactics and coalitions that were vital then and are still vital now.
But this post has me thinking about a different echo ...
But this post has me thinking about a different echo ...
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Going back to Summers' talk about how women don't want to work hard and don't have high end aptitude, we could ask:
What fraction of young men must deal with a creep with substantial power over their career hitting on them using tips from an infamous pedophile? 🤔
www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...
What fraction of young men must deal with a creep with substantial power over their career hitting on them using tips from an infamous pedophile? 🤔
www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Going back to Summers' talk about how women don't want to work hard and don't have high end aptitude, we could ask:
What fraction of young men must deal with a creep with substantial power over their career hitting on them using tips from an infamous pedophile? 🤔
www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...
What fraction of young men must deal with a creep with substantial power over their career hitting on them using tips from an infamous pedophile? 🤔
www.thecrimson.com/article/2005...
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Tennessee Secretary of Voter Suppression Tre Hargett thanks Trump for his helping in finding 42 “POSSIBLE” non-citizen voters… out of 4.3 MILLION.
IF true (big if) that would amount to .0001% of TN voters.
Even more proof this is not a real issue.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/11/03/t...
IF true (big if) that would amount to .0001% of TN voters.
Even more proof this is not a real issue.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/11/03/t...
November 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Tennessee Secretary of Voter Suppression Tre Hargett thanks Trump for his helping in finding 42 “POSSIBLE” non-citizen voters… out of 4.3 MILLION.
IF true (big if) that would amount to .0001% of TN voters.
Even more proof this is not a real issue.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/11/03/t...
IF true (big if) that would amount to .0001% of TN voters.
Even more proof this is not a real issue.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/11/03/t...
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There is no current writer whose wisdom and insight I respect more than @mollymckew.bsky.social’s. This piece beautifully sums up where we are, what we face, and how we shall prevail, and it has left me in tears:
The sacred American spaces desecrated by the American president
The American faithful must find their voice if the divine American idea is to survive
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
There is no current writer whose wisdom and insight I respect more than @mollymckew.bsky.social’s. This piece beautifully sums up where we are, what we face, and how we shall prevail, and it has left me in tears:
I'm sure the people who demonstrated against the removal of Confederate statues will be all over this, too... 🙄
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm sure the people who demonstrated against the removal of Confederate statues will be all over this, too... 🙄
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as a comedy writer something I love about these protests is how many genuinely creative and funny bits there are. the cava bags, this text chain. even a sign as simple as “honk if you’re not in the epstein files” really tickled me. very good stuff all around.
October 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
as a comedy writer something I love about these protests is how many genuinely creative and funny bits there are. the cava bags, this text chain. even a sign as simple as “honk if you’re not in the epstein files” really tickled me. very good stuff all around.
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I posted that we should remember small town protests in red states and got Well Actuallyed by several people who insisted ______ has suffered more and we should remember them.
This isn’t the Oppression Olympics. We need all hands, not just the purest and noblest.
This isn’t the Oppression Olympics. We need all hands, not just the purest and noblest.
October 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I posted that we should remember small town protests in red states and got Well Actuallyed by several people who insisted ______ has suffered more and we should remember them.
This isn’t the Oppression Olympics. We need all hands, not just the purest and noblest.
This isn’t the Oppression Olympics. We need all hands, not just the purest and noblest.
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SPECIAL: We got this conversation up as fast as possible because Tim Snyder's analysis of the Trump administration's agenda and methods is so important. Also: Why No Kings matters, and what’s at stake in Ukraine. This is, if I may say so, a must-watch.
youtu.be/qq-V_k3HPLY?...
youtu.be/qq-V_k3HPLY?...
Timothy Snyder on the Trump Administration at Home, and What’s at Stake in Ukraine
YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol
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October 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
SPECIAL: We got this conversation up as fast as possible because Tim Snyder's analysis of the Trump administration's agenda and methods is so important. Also: Why No Kings matters, and what’s at stake in Ukraine. This is, if I may say so, a must-watch.
youtu.be/qq-V_k3HPLY?...
youtu.be/qq-V_k3HPLY?...
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The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight
October 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight
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We should mandate a work requirement for House Republicans to get their health care. How about they have to work at least one week a month to keep their government health insurance?
October 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We should mandate a work requirement for House Republicans to get their health care. How about they have to work at least one week a month to keep their government health insurance?
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Free speech is when I encourage people to send you death threats; hate speech is when you tell me to stop.
Can you hear the words coming out of your mouth, Megan?
Yes, the guy who received so many threats because of your own actions he had to flee to Europe isn’t the real victim. No. You are, because people called you out.
Yes, the guy who received so many threats because of your own actions he had to flee to Europe isn’t the real victim. No. You are, because people called you out.
October 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Free speech is when I encourage people to send you death threats; hate speech is when you tell me to stop.
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
Gift link:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
October 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Gift link:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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If ICE agents are proud of what they're doing, then why do they cover their faces like cowards, refuse to identify themselves, and hide behind anonymity?
October 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If ICE agents are proud of what they're doing, then why do they cover their faces like cowards, refuse to identify themselves, and hide behind anonymity?
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The story of 2024 is this: Trump had a plan to destroy American government called Project 2025, which had, literally, not a typo, a 4% approval rating. He lied constantly and said he wouldn't do it.
Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.
Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.
October 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The story of 2024 is this: Trump had a plan to destroy American government called Project 2025, which had, literally, not a typo, a 4% approval rating. He lied constantly and said he wouldn't do it.
Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.
Then he entered office and immediately implemented AN EVEN MORE EXTREME VERSION OF IT.
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/4 The other side of this is not merely saying “you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs,” it‘s people who say “lol fuck those eggs.” It’s between decency and thuggish, swaggering, nihilistic evil.
October 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
/4 The other side of this is not merely saying “you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs,” it‘s people who say “lol fuck those eggs.” It’s between decency and thuggish, swaggering, nihilistic evil.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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“America should probably be looking to leapfrog the Chinese using drone advances. Instead, we are coming late to the party with a design named for Trump, while talking about battleships and PT routines for senior officers. Decline is a choice. And we have made it.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-depart...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-depart...
The “Department of War” Is Designed to Fight American Citizens
How to resolve the tension between "lethal war-fighting warriors" and "no more wars" isolationism.
www.thebulwark.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“America should probably be looking to leapfrog the Chinese using drone advances. Instead, we are coming late to the party with a design named for Trump, while talking about battleships and PT routines for senior officers. Decline is a choice. And we have made it.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-depart...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-depart...
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Uhhmm….A LOT of us did??? And we screamed and screamed and screamed and screamed at you?? The GOP literally *wrote it down* into a point by point playbook called Project 2025 that outlined every single one of these things?? MANY many people had each and every one of these things “on our bingo card”?
September 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Uhhmm….A LOT of us did??? And we screamed and screamed and screamed and screamed at you?? The GOP literally *wrote it down* into a point by point playbook called Project 2025 that outlined every single one of these things?? MANY many people had each and every one of these things “on our bingo card”?
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can never forget that Fred Trump spent his later years totally gaga but surrounded by a gaggle of senility-denial-enablers who drove him to a make believe office where a make believe secretary had him sign make believe papers—which sounds cute til you see the sequel & the secretary is Stephen Miller
Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”
Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e
Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-isnt-the-media-reporting-on-trumps-d1e
Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?
Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”
robertreich.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
can never forget that Fred Trump spent his later years totally gaga but surrounded by a gaggle of senility-denial-enablers who drove him to a make believe office where a make believe secretary had him sign make believe papers—which sounds cute til you see the sequel & the secretary is Stephen Miller